Thursday, November 24, 2016

This time of year I like to tell you all how thankful I am that you support Chomas Creations. It has been 7 years now since this journey began and I have enjoyed every moment! You have all made me feel so loved and I've built a lot of friendships over the years in the crafting community.
To share my thanks this Thanksgiving as well as Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday you can use the coupon code Thankful to save 12% off in the Chomas Creations store.
Thanks again to each and every one of you! I am off to visit family so shipping starts again on Monday!

Tuesday, November 22, 2016

Football fun! One of the hardest things for me to find is sports paper that I like. So I make my own!
I drew the football background with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder and the white Signo Uniball gel pen. The design was a Studio download. With the white pen it is easiest to keep it away from the rollers on your machine and keep your speed down to 1 and your thickness at 1 as well.

The journaling was done with the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder and a metallic gel pen called Scribble Stuff by the Write Brothers. I picked them up at Target. The font is Lettering Delights thin font Sporty.

I needed something to embellish my page (boy embellishments are hard to find!) so I made the embossed stars with a stylus in the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder and an embossing mat. This is a thin metal sheet from Ten Second Studios. I used a speed of 3 and a thickness of 20. Make sure your metal sheet is secure on your mat color side down. I just use double sided tape. Set your height of your stylus after your mat is already in the machine. These are nesting stars from a Studio download.

Keep in mind you can also do this with the Cricut & the Cricut Explore machines as well, you just need the proper Chomas Creations tools.

I cut out the stars using regular scissors and gave them a light sanding to make the lines in the stars pop! The title is from a Studio download.

Here is the completed page! Along with my football star!

Want to have even more fun with your Silhouette machine? Use the coupon code november16 to save 10% off your order in the Chomas Creations store!

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Any day is a good day when I get to combine my 2 passions! Getting crafty with getting oily! I am starting early on Christmas gifts and working on epsom soaks with Young Living essential oils as gifts.
I used the Chomas Creations adjustable marker holder with the white Signo Uniball gel pen (my fav and available in my store here... white gel pen ) in the Cameo 3. I'm using the cut then sketch option which sure does save a lot of time! With the white gel pen I did have to turn down the thickness to 7 and the speed to 1. This pen does not need a lot of pressure and with the speed too fast it can smear.

Like what you see and want to give it a try? Use the coupon code november16 to save 10% off in the Chomas Creations store!

Sunday, November 13, 2016

I've started making my own essential oil Christmas gifts early this year and needed some labels, so I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with the Sakura Gelly Roll gel pens. The recipes are posted below.
These are the Sakura silver shadow gel pens. They are silver in the middle and look like they are outlined in a color. I used the Silhouette self adhesive cardstock with them. I slowed the speed down to 2 as they are very juicy pens and need a bit to dry so they don't smear, and the thickness to 10.

Monday, November 07, 2016

One of the coolest things about the Sakura Souffle gel pens is how they look on black cardstock! And they also look like they have a slightly raised texture.
I used the Chomas Creations adjustable pen holder with the pink Souffle gel pen to draw the flourish background on this card. The design as well as the birthday sentiment are from the Silhouette Studio store.

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"I was making some thankyou cards for friends after Christmas, and my husband was looking over my shoulder watching. I loaded a plain paper liner (to be used inside the card ) and made the proper Cricut selections including centerpoint. Then, using Storybook along with your gel pen holder "drew" a great frame with "Thankyou" inside the frame. My husband's comment, "pretty neat". My comment, "cool"! Amy, the card looked so prefessional! Thank you, thank you! Hugs to your hubby, too!" Harriette

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I'm a SAHM to 4 children that keep me busy, and in my very small amounts of spare time I love to scrapbook and improve my photography skills!
Now I'm keeping very busy with designing with the new holders for the Silhouette & Cricut and having an awesome time doing it!